EBurg
Well-Known Member
I launched the reborn Bruiser a few weeks ago at Bong, and other than a long walk in the swamp to retrieve it, it was a great flight. It took a sharp turn off the rail for the first hundred feet or so and then straightened out. I am looking at one of two solutions to fix that for next time. It should have been going fast enough off the rail (Openrocket sim'ed 31.7 mph), but it may do better with a more powerful kick. The winds were fairly light (5-7 mph) so I think I should have been fine with the K550.
I'm leaning toward my rail buttons being too close together. I rebuilt this as a dual deploy so kept the upper rail button down low - they are probably 12" apart on an overall length of 84". I liked them low so it could get up to speed on the rail, and also it wouldn't interfere with the laundry coming out. I'm thinking about moving the upper button close to CG but before I do, wanted to get some other opinions.
Video of the flight is here:
https://youtu.be/ZGwhH7f_0ws
I'm leaning toward my rail buttons being too close together. I rebuilt this as a dual deploy so kept the upper rail button down low - they are probably 12" apart on an overall length of 84". I liked them low so it could get up to speed on the rail, and also it wouldn't interfere with the laundry coming out. I'm thinking about moving the upper button close to CG but before I do, wanted to get some other opinions.
Video of the flight is here:
https://youtu.be/ZGwhH7f_0ws